Jay Lininger, Senior Scientist, devotes himself to public land and endangered species conservation in the western United States.Jay is a certified fire ecologist and earned a master's degree from the University of Montana-Missoula, where he was a Duke conservation fellow and researched forest restoration effects.He has led intercollegiate debate teams and worked six seasons on federal and private forestry crews as a biologist and wildland firefighter.

Jay LiningerEcologistA fourth-generation southern Oregonian, Jay was born in the Rogue River watershed.He seasonally assists forest restoration as a consulting ecologist and works as a wildland fire technician in a federal agency.Before earning a M.S. in environmental studies from the University of Montana in Missoula, Jay was the Conservation Director of KS Wild.